Subsistence utilization of the crab Neosarmatium meinerti in the Kosi Lakes ecosystem, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

African Zoology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-28

  Pedersen, Carsten ^a   Everett, Bernadine I ^b   Fielding, Peter J ^c   Robertson, Wendy D ^b   Kyle, Robert ^d  

^a Oceanographic Research Institute ^*  (Denmark)

^b OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c FieldWork   (South Africa)

^d NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Brachyura; Crab density; Crustacea; Sex ratios; Subsistence fishery

Indexed keywords

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CATCH STATISTICS; CRAB FISHERY; MANGROVE; SUBSISTENCE; SUSTAINABILITY;

KOSI LAKES; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

BRACHYURA; CARDISOMA; CARDISOMA CARNIFEX; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GECARCINIDAE; GRAPSIDAE; MILETINAE; NEOSARMATIUM MEINERTI; PORTUNIDAE; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; SCYLLA; SCYLLA SERRATA;

EID: 0038345487     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2003.11657191     Document Type: Article

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